George And Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

George and Lennie have a very complex yet strong relationship that no one they know can really comprehend. Even though they are not related by blood, they come across to people as if they brothers. George and Lennie plan to spend their whole lives together taking care of each other because George knew that he couldn’t leave Lennie after all they’ve been through. They plan to live in a house together and every time the story is told Lennis has to add, “Because… I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why” (Steinbeck 14). George and Lennie’s unbreakable bond takes them through many hard times of getting laid off a job or running away from men trying to kill them because of something Lennie did but though all of

Whenever the two men are in need of new jobs George always has to make Lennie sound really good in front of their new bosses like when George was talking to him newest boss he says, “He can do anything you tell him,” said George, “He’s a good skinner. He can rassle grain bags, drive a cultivator. He can do anything. Just give him a try” (Steinbeck 22). Even though Lennie isn’t exactly Georges problem, George feels as though he is the one who need to take care of Lennie and make sure that he has a good life. But this relationship isn’t one sided because even though George is basically Lennie’s big brother Lennie does his best to make George happy. For example, when they were in the brush and Lennie had just upset George by asking for ketchup with his beans and George yelled at him Lennie said, “I was only foolin’ George. I don’t want no ketchup. I wouldn’t eat no ketchup if it was right here beside me” (Steinbeck 12). One of the top things Lennie doesn’t want in life is for George to be mad or upset at him because just like any siblings the younger ones always try to live up to or mimic their old siblings and this is exactly how the relationship of George and Lennie